tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post1978310033989624180..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: What's Next: Intel, Lawyers, And The Rot At The FBImark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-75351023551816532552020-04-15T08:55:45.578-05:002020-04-15T08:55:45.578-05:00Depends on which side of the bed I get up on. :-)Depends on which side of the bed I get up on. :-)mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-40354092540676268372020-04-15T08:23:31.771-05:002020-04-15T08:23:31.771-05:00"My own fear is that a return to the Constitu..."My own fear is that a return to the Constitutional order is no longer possible because it would lead to imposition of a national security state the next time the left won an election. That's where the framers got it right--they knew that our constitutional order presupposes a virtuous citizenry, and that's what we sorely lack."<br /><br />Wow. Yes, what you say makes sense. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-43358359648643209312020-04-14T22:33:56.347-05:002020-04-14T22:33:56.347-05:00I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to ...I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to explain the problems with FISA. Framing the problem as one of "secret courts" misses the very real issues we face--and they're not easy. You write:<br /><br />"If law enforcement wants to spy on a U.S. Citizen, they obtain a warrant from an Article III Court - nothing else can substitute for this. ... There is no room in a free mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-83683303731485689592020-04-14T22:07:49.948-05:002020-04-14T22:07:49.948-05:00Thank you. I was not aware that FISA offered some...Thank you. I was not aware that FISA offered some protections against spying by the Executive. But we can keep those protections while removing the "Secret Court" warrants provisioned in the Act. There is no room in a free society for Secret Courts and secret warrants. <br /><br />Any system can be corrupted. But with these secret warrants, the corruption is inevitable, given humanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619011179147798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-80232819942103347072020-04-14T21:57:29.724-05:002020-04-14T21:57:29.724-05:00I understand and sympathize with what you're s...I understand and sympathize with what you're saying, but it's more complicated than you think. I remind you that the longstanding interpretation of the Constitution--which has never been overturned--is that the government can spy on Americans for national security reasons with NO WARRANT AT ALL. The drafters of FISA left in the emergency powers clause for warrantless spying--which Dubya mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-45749707980704142232020-04-14T20:27:03.210-05:002020-04-14T20:27:03.210-05:00The rot isn't just in the FBI. As Tony Shaffe...The rot isn't just in the FBI. As Tony Shaffer mentioned in his May 2019 interview with Jekielek, one of the big problems would be finding an objective, trustworthy individual or organization with some integrity, fidelity, and bravery -- "who does the audit or investigation or both"? Well, it's over a year since that interview and we know the DOJ is doing it. The day we see Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619011179147798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-76109363999063617782020-04-14T15:59:02.197-05:002020-04-14T15:59:02.197-05:00I can't explain it. The only thing I can sugge...I can't explain it. The only thing I can suggest is to type comments in a small editor--Notepad, maybe, if you use Windoze--and then copy to the comment box here.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6619796922484633362020-04-14T15:25:04.957-05:002020-04-14T15:25:04.957-05:00Scene, not seen.Scene, not seen.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-83820192216708971272020-04-14T15:11:58.813-05:002020-04-14T15:11:58.813-05:00There are demonstrable inaccuracies in teh Steele ...There are demonstrable inaccuracies in teh Steele memo re: Cohen in Prague that have to do with biographical info about the key Russian identified in the memo as a facilitator and possible attendee to the meetings in Prague.<br /><br />Anyone who can read a publicly available bio of the man ID'd in the memo should be able to figure out the crap in Steele's memo is flat wrong.Eznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-6473643612476209822020-04-14T15:10:55.808-05:002020-04-14T15:10:55.808-05:00Re the footnote's second sentence I wouldn'...Re the footnote's second sentence I wouldn't be surprised if what was redacted was a long month-name, like "January," since the blacking out extends to cover where a comma might be, and there IS a comma after "2017." So: "A January, 2017, report".<br /><br />While I don't insist that the source is British, I would not discount it as you do--Brit Intel mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-69544151789188394182020-04-14T15:05:01.804-05:002020-04-14T15:05:01.804-05:00test...
(lost a big long comment)test...<br /><br />(lost a big long comment)EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-20949446975068443672020-04-14T14:53:39.540-05:002020-04-14T14:53:39.540-05:00The idea that Russia conducted a disinformation ca...The idea that Russia conducted a disinformation campaign in this history revolves around Sergei Millian. <br /><br />The idea is that Millian was a Russian Intelligence officer who arranged to become a major source for Christopher Steele. In that position, Millian told Steele various yarns, such as that Trump was videotaped watching Russian prostitutes urinate on a hotel bed.<br /><br />A major Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-47743807408846364162020-04-14T14:42:16.890-05:002020-04-14T14:42:16.890-05:00The Movies network ran the 1959 Jimmy Stewart pict...The Movies network ran the 1959 Jimmy Stewart picture 'The FBI Story.' In it, the g-men were the good guys, which, in days past, they might of been. But I couldn't help but think about Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Priestap, Page, Baker, Rybacki, Laufman and the other clowns. <br /><br />In one seen, Jimmy was battling the KKK. The KKK came in and smashed one man's newspaper offices.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87369140524359026862020-04-14T14:27:59.766-05:002020-04-14T14:27:59.766-05:00The footnote's second sentence says:
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...The footnote's second sentence says:<br /><br />-------<br />A REDACTED 2017, report relayed information from REDACTED outlining an inaccuracy in a limited subset of Steele's reporting about the activities of Michael Cohen.<br />------<br /><br />I doubt that Brit intel officials ever did anything along the lines of outlining an inaccuracy about the activities of Michael Cohen.<br /><br /Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-11982662839910635492020-04-14T14:24:34.337-05:002020-04-14T14:24:34.337-05:00Bill Barr addressed states and local governments w...Bill Barr addressed states and local governments with guidance about safeguarding the rights of the people to practice our faith, albeit with legitimate safeguards right now. But, he also stated that we can not be singled out when other activities, such as commerce, are being given exemptions and exceptions. Americans United for Separation of Church and State immediately resorted to Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-89202284327043231632020-04-14T14:04:35.809-05:002020-04-14T14:04:35.809-05:00Here's a good article from Kevin R Brock, reti...Here's a good article from Kevin R Brock, retired FBI in yesterday's Hill. <br /><br />https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/492405-ag-barr-just-signaled-that-things-are-about-to-get-ugly-for-the-russiaJoenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-15155472834884456142020-04-14T10:41:38.137-05:002020-04-14T10:41:38.137-05:00I still believe the sense of the passage as a whol...I still believe the sense of the passage as a whole indicates that this is info received from humans. And I believe those humans were Brit intel officials doing CYA for the UK role in the Russia Hoax.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-34328851780515694042020-04-14T10:12:30.510-05:002020-04-14T10:12:30.510-05:00I recognize that the exact words are not "NSA...I recognize that the exact words are not "NSA Assessment", but that is the sense of the redacted expression. Perhaps it is some office (NSA/XYZ) or acronym or document type.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-81979785364134575232020-04-14T08:56:34.514-05:002020-04-14T08:56:34.514-05:00Mike, if you look at the actual footnote with reda...Mike, if you look at the actual footnote with redactions, you need to be able to substitute "NSA's Assessment" into the redacted spaces. Those spaces have room for only a very limited number of characters and I believe "NSA's Assessment" (or close variants) is too long to fit those spaces where you insert it.<br /><br />https://mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-17588628795615183242020-04-14T08:16:29.578-05:002020-04-14T08:16:29.578-05:00I have written another blog article about Horowitz...I have written <a href="https://people-who-did-not-see.blogspot.com/2020/04/horowitzs-footnote-350-correction.html" rel="nofollow">another blog article about Horowitz's Footnote 350</a>.<br /><br />I now think that the footnote is based largely on a couple of interactions between NSA and President Trump shortly after he was inaugurated. <br /><br />I speculate that NSA Director Michael RogersMike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1389816657649846842020-04-13T21:40:22.137-05:002020-04-13T21:40:22.137-05:00Yes, and the standard narrative that there was an ...Yes, and the standard narrative that there was an organized Russian state disinformation campaign is no more than a cover for those who actually constructed that hoax. After the fact, the Brits had every reason to impugn Steele and claim that he was taken in by RIS disinformation.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-62390110441055089732020-04-13T20:24:23.586-05:002020-04-13T20:24:23.586-05:00The rabbit hole goes very deep indeed and there ar...The rabbit hole goes very deep indeed and there are many branches yet to be revealed.<br /><br />MI6/GCHQ played a much larger role in the RussiaHoax than is currently known. When Obama tasked Brennan to undertake the OP in Feb 2016, Brennan reached out to the Brits for help. They acquainted him with a similar OP they had run in the 70s, and it became the model for what was to follow. And Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46207361654512606272020-04-13T17:02:21.327-05:002020-04-13T17:02:21.327-05:00Agree 100%!
>Chinese have been very effective ...Agree 100%!<br /><br />>Chinese have been very effective in eating our lunch<br /><br />Trump is the first a President to push back, and China is having challenges dealing with this.<br /><br />And the backlash due to Covid 19 will be huge including social, economical, and political. Trump and Navarro were seen as outliers on China, and now they are mainstream. I don’t think China sees this, Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.com